Domaine de Pech Menel

The Domaine de Pech-Menel is perched on an out-crop, a short distance from the village of Quarante. A sinuous track climbs the slopes leading up to the property. The site is rich in relics (dolmen, villas, pottery, weapons, tools) dating from antiquity. Built around 1720, part of the buildings housed the "Quarante" monks's flock of sheep and most likely a cellar, since there is evidence of viticulture at that time. The vegetation is typical to the Languedoc region, comprising a mixture of woodland (pines and kernel oaks) and scrub (gorse, thyme, lavender, rosemary, cyst, strawberry-tree).

Pech Ménel